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TIL that Pope Leo XIV plays Wordle and Words With Friends with his brothers
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Pope Leo XIV's Brother Says They Play Wordle And Words With Friends
Pope Leo XIV's brother John Prevost said they play Wordle together and explained the pontiff is a Chicago White Sox fan.Drew Weisholtz (TODAY)
TIL that a richly furnished warrior grave at Birka, once cited as proof of male Viking military power, has been revealed through DNA analysis to contain a woman, prompting a rethink of who could hold martial authority in Viking society.
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Viking women in a new light
Valkyries, wives… or warriors? Powerful female figures occupy a central role in Old Norse mythology, but until recently historians accorded Viking women only a marginal role.www.unesco.org
TIL Charles XII, King of Sweden was actually the Sixth King of Sweden named Charles. The regnal number hads only gone so high as a result of a mythological history that had inserted kings that never existed.
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TIL when Monty Python's Life of Brian was released in 1979, its religious satire subject matter was highly controversial. It was banned by 11 local councils in the UK, nationwide in Norway and Ireland. The film was marketed in Sweden with the tag line "So funny it was banned in Norway."
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TIL that a Swedish orphan known as the Gävle Boy led children in false accusations that ignited a witch panic in Stockholm. When he confessed he had lied other witch trials across Sweden collapsed, and he was hanged for perjury at just 13 years old.
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Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions), which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
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A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being…The Marginalian
TIL that a chimpanzee named Santino at a Swedish zoo gathered stones each morning to throw at visitors later in the day. It is the first documented case of a non-human planning for future events.
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Chimp who threw stones at zoo visitors showed human trait, says scientist
Assembling ammunition in advance reveals ape's unsuspected ability to plan for futureIan Sample (The Guardian)
